1950s culture

# 182: 1956 - Music and Headlines


58:30 minutes (53.58 MB)

Tonight on the show, we head back in the time machine to 1956.

SONG LIST:
Theme from Giant - Dimitri Tiomkin
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Que Sera Sera - Doris Day
True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
Standing On The Corner - The Four Lads
The Flying Saucer - Buchanan & Goodman
Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings
Allegheny Moon - Patti Page
Moonglow/Theme from Picnic - George Cates
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donergan
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
The March of the Siamese Children - 20th Century Fox Orchestra/The King & I

LINKS:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1956.html
http://pop-culture.us/Annual/1956.html
http://fiftiesweb.com/pop/sports-1956/
http://www.mrpopculture.com/1956

# 154: 1955 - Music (& Headlines)


59:12 minutes (54.22 MB)

Tonight on the show, we're traveling back to 1955, with some of the songs from that year.

SONG LIST:
"Rock Around the Clock" - Bill Haley and the Comets
"Only You" - The Platters
"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" - Perez Prado
"Wake the Town and Tell The People" - Les Baxter
"Autumn Leaves" - Roger Williams
"Mr. Sandman" - The Chordettes
"Love and Marriage" - Dinah Shore
"Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces
"The Rock and Roll Waltz" - Kay Starr
"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Unchained Melody" - Al Hibbler
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" - Bill Hayes
"The Man With The Golden Arm" - Richard Maltby
"Sincerely" - The McGuire Sisters
"Earth Angel" - The Penguins
"I'm A Man" - Bo Diddley
"Blue Star (Theme from 'Medic')" - Victor Young
"Yellow Rose of Texas" - Stan Freberg
"Whatever Lola Wants" - Les Baxter
"Melody of Love" - Billy Vaughn

1955, The People's History: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1955.html
1955 in Television: http://fifties1950s.com/1955tv.htm
1955 Tidbits: http://thepeoplehistory.blogspot.com/2007/10/air-pollution-control-act.html
1955 in Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/libbyandbbonnie/the-year-1955/
1955 from Info "NOT A SOURCE" Please: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1955.html

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